Chapter 55

Li Hanqiang had yet to join a military camp, so this Military Merit Certificate was useless and he had to hold on to it for a while.

In that way, other than the experience he gained, Li Hanqiang’s rewards for defending the city was only 125 gold coins.

“This reward is too little.” Li Hanqiang lamented Chun Sanyue’s slow development as he did not have any vagabonds and very few coins in his treasury. This directly affected Li Hanqiang’s own earnings.

On the other hand, Fanning Knight and Fiery Blade Sage were very satisfied. Their levels had doubled and they were now sitting at Level 20.

Dark Redemption was even more impressive. He was already Level 27 at this moment and spoke in delight, “Hey, my Chaotic City Contribution is already at a 100. I’ve unlocked normal citizen rights. In the future when I buy travel tickets to Chaotic City No. 68, I can get them at 20% off.”

The one who listens thinks and Li Hanqiang immediately had a thought that he should obtain more players of normal citizen status in order to gain use of the Nest Shelter.

“Chaotic City Contributions… I’ve never looked into it. I guess it’s a very important feature.” Li Hanqiang thought to himself before walking toward Fanning Knight and Fiery Blade Sage to ask about their Chaotic City Contributions.

The two of them did not have as high of a Chaotic City Contribution as Dark Redemption. Fanning Knight had 51 points, while Fiery Blade Sage had even less at 37 points!

“You can get a discount for buying a travel ticket. That is pretty good. It seems that we also need to boost our Chaotic City Contributions and I guess there are even better benefits when we reach a higher status than normal citizens!” Fanning Knight said.

“Do we raise our contribution score by participating in city defenses?” Fiery Blade Sage said. “That sounds simple enough.”

Dark Redemption spoke as well, “Okay, now that the city defense was successful, I should take my leave.”

He waved at Li Hanqiang and said, “I have to go. To tell you the truth, I was previously trying to clear Burning Wastes and when I had to leave, they had no way of doing it themselves. Bye!”

With that, he immediately left.

Li Hanqiang had said nothing the entire time, and at that moment, he had sent him away just like that.

Fanning Knight and Fiery Blade Sage waved at Li Hanqiang as they said, “We’re off as well. We’re going to help Dark Redemption with a Clone. Without us to block monsters, how are they going to clear Burning Wastes?”

The both of them left.

Li Hanqiang originally intended to get them to fight a boss but they evidently had no more time.

At this moment, the Blue Ripple Pond and the Cave Dwelling in Gremlin’s Mountain were reopened. The mob of little gremlins who were all hiding reappeared and joyously began to resume their antics of turning somersaults, forming gremlin pyramids, and praising their King.

Suddenly, a system notification appeared.

[Ding, honored Chaotic City Lord, you have attacked Chaotic City No. 69 which is under the protection of the Red Dragon Empire. You have developed negative relations with the Red Dragon Empire. Current Enmity Score is 30 and you will be unable to join the Red Dragon Empire Camp for a month.”

[Ding, please take note that when your Enmity Score with the Red Dragon Empire reaches 100, you will enter the Red Dragon Empire’s wanted list. When your Enmity Score reaches 1000, the Red Dragon Empire will immediately deploy troops to attack you. The higher the Enmity Score, the stronger the troops.]

[Ding, Enmity Scores naturally lower by 1 every day and can also be reduced faster through other methods…]

Li Hanqiang realized that these notifications had to do with last night’s robbery.

Robberies brought risk and this was one of them.

After some thought, Li Hanqiang realized that Chun Sanyue had joined the Red Dragon Empire Camp.

Li Hanqiang had not yet joined any camp and he theorized that his Chaos Core needed to be Level 2 in order to join a camp.

There were many benefits to joining a camp and they certainly unlocked many different playstyles for Chaotic City Lords. However, there were also very clear limitations. One probably could not attack cities that were under the same camp.

However, since he still could not join a camp, Li Hanqiang did not think too much of it. He reassigned jobs to the little gremlins then went to the Strategic Point in the Cave Dwelling. The Chief Officer Young Monk Huixin was still locked up there.

A few little gremlins were standing next to Li Hanqiang. They made themselves look like all-conquering heroes, laughing as they stood before the young monk Huixin. A moment ago they were joking around with young monk Huixin, laughing and chatting. Suddenly they changed their demeanor and began to hit him before they returned to their antics of forming gremlin pyramids and turning somersaults.

It was fortunate that the little gremlins had an attack damage of less than one or the Chief Officer Huixin may have been beaten to death.

The moment Li Hanqiang appeared, Chief Officer Huixin put on a brave face and put his hands together before saying, “I am a registered Chief Officer of the Red Dragon Empire. You are nothing but a nameless bandit. Release me now, or else…”

Before he could finish, a mob of little gremlins immediately rushed forward and began to grab him by his arms and legs. They formed a gremlin pyramid on top of the young monk, about five or six layers high.

“Hey, you dare to be disrespectful to the Great King. You’re asking for a beating!”

“Give it to him!”

“If we don’t beat him then this isn’t the Cave Dwelling in Gremlin’s Mountain!”

The mob of little gremlins kept shouting. The poor Chief Officer’s HP points could never exceed this number and he had completely turned into the plaything of the little gremlins. He was beaten up to the point of tears.

Li Hanqiang thought to himself that a Chief Officer designed by Game Creator Endless was just not the same. It was too realistic.

He moved forward a few steps and sent away the mob of little gremlins before speaking to young monk Huixin, “Young monk, I’ll give you a chance. Defect to me and be my Chief Officer, or else you’ll be sleeping with the fishes!”

Li Hanqiang was simply acting on a whim. Under normal circumstances, a Chief Officer required a Level 2 Chaos’ Core in order to be recruited. However, he had captured one so it was not impossible that he could demand his surrender.

Young monk Huixin shook his head determinedly and spoke through his tears, “I am a registered Chief Officer of the Red Dragon Empire and I belong to Chaotic City No. 69…”

“Boys!” Li Hanqiang immediately cut off the young monk Huixin and pointed at him while saying, “He’s of no use to me. Beat him to death!”

“Yes, your Majesty!”

“Kill him!”

A mob of little gremlins began to rub their fists and step forward. Young monk Huixin did not even say a second word as he immediately turned to Li Hanqiang and bowed his head in homage. “Your Majesty, spare me! I surrender!”

Finally!

Li Hanqiang immediately pulled back the little gremlins. In his mind, a system notification pinged.

[Ding, you have recruited a Chief Officer!]

Following that, Li Hanqiang could see the Young Monk Huixin’s stats.

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Name: Huixin

Level: 1

Profession: Chief Officer

Camp: None

Loyalty: 1

Personality: TImid

HP: 6/100

Passive Skill: Convert. While in the Chaotic City, Chief Officer Huixin has a small chance to immediately counter monsters attacking the city and cause them to join the Chaotic City.

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“Hahahaha!”

Li Hanqiang could not help but laugh. To think that he could obtain a Chief Officer just like that. He had done so through banditry, a most unconventional method. However, the system accepted it. Even though the young monk’s loyalty was only at one point, which should be the lowest loyalty level, what mattered was that he was in Li Hanqiang’s grasp.

With this defection, young monk Huixin’s position immediately changed. The mob of little gremlins were smiling and calling him “Sir” as they attempted to kiss up to him.

Li Hanqiang said, “Chief Officer Huixin, what are you capable of?”

The Young Monk Huixin got up from the ground and held his hands together. He sighed before speaking, “My Lord, if you have yet to own a City Defense Center, I can oversee the construction for you!”

“What are you waiting for!” Li Hanqiang was overjoyed. “Get on with it then! Do you need help? I’ll give you 100 little gremlins. Would that be enough?”